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Women in Combat: Five-Year Status Update - CNAS
Mar 31, 2020 · Army. The percentage of women in the Army has grown incrementally in recent years to 19 percent of officers in 2018 from 17.7 percent in 2013; 9.6 percent warrant officers in 2018 from 9.5 percent in 2013; and 14.4 percent of enlisted ranks in 2018 from 13 percent in 2013. Soldier 2020, the Army’s gender integration plan, wraps up this year ...
Terrible But Justified: The U.S. A-Bomb Attacks on Hiroshima and …
Sep 29, 2015 · The March 1945 air assault on Tokyo, for instance, is thought to have killed nearly 100,000 people, more than those lost in either the Hiroshima or Nagasaki attacks. So harsh was this campaign that one of its architects, 20th Air Force commander General Curtis Lemay, remarked that he expected to be treated as a war criminal if Japan prevailed.
A Tale of Two Strategies: Comparing the Biden and Trump …
Nov 4, 2022 · In many respects, Biden’s NSS of 2022 was written in a much different world than that of Trump’s NSS of 2017. One stark example is the U.S. relationship with Russia—the Biden administration delayed the release of its NSS in February, citing the likelihood of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine. Read the full story and more from Lawfare.
Improving Joint Operational Concept Development within the U.S …
Oct 21, 2021 · The paper makes the following recommendations to improve the joint concept development process: Focus joint concept development on priority challenges in a future operational environment. Empower the combatant commands to drive joint concept development. Explore alternative visions of future war and validate joint concepts through extensive ...
Sanctions by the Numbers: 2022 Year in Review - CNAS
Aug 3, 2023 · Russia Sanctions. Most country-specific sanctions in 2022 target Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine. This paper provides a brief overview of the sanctions packages; a more detailed accounting of the sanctions through May 11, 2022, is available in prior CNAS analysis, “Sanctions by the Numbers: Economic Measures against Russia Following Its …
Military Artificial Intelligence, the People’s Liberation Army ... - CNAS
Feb 1, 2024 · I. Introduction. Thank you Co-Chair Wessel, Co-Chair Helberg, and the Commissioners for inviting me to provide written and oral testimony on this critical topic. 1 My comments draw on my own research as well as technical insights from my colleagues in CNAS’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety and Stability Project (although the policy views are solely mine).
Emerging Threats in Combating Proliferation Finance - CNAS
Apr 1, 2020 · Policymakers must prepare to more comprehensively tackle two emerging threats, which this paper will outline in turn. The first threat stems from proliferators’ adoption of new financial technology, particularly their exploitation of platforms and payment systems designed to keep users and transactions anonymous or pseudonymous.
U.S.-China Competition and Military AI - CNAS
Jul 25, 2023 · Taken together, the emergence of military AI will likely deepen U.S.-China rivalry and increase strategic risks. Policymakers can draw on three categories of response options. These include limiting China’s military AI while advancing the United States’ own capabilities; engaging in unilateral responsible management of military AI; and ...
CNAS Responds: Analyzing the 2022 National Security Strategy
Oct 13, 2022 · Following the release of the 2022 National Security Strategy—highlighted by a CNAS cohosted launch event with the Georgetown School of Foreign Service featuring National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan—CNAS experts respond to the vision and stated policy priorities of this guiding document.